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Old 08-27-2002, 06:10 AM   #1
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Post Australia's Jedis

About 70,000 people identified as Jedi in the 2001 Australian Census.

<a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/2218456.stm" target="_blank">http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/2218456.stm</a>

By comparison, here are the numbers from the 1991 Australian Census in thousands:
  • Catholic 4,606.7
  • Anglican 4,018.8
  • Uniting Church 1,387.7
  • Presbyterian and Reformed 732.0
  • Orthodox 474.9
  • Baptist 279.8
  • Lutheran 250.9
  • Pentecostal 150.6
  • Churches of Christ 78.3
  • Jehovah's Witness 74.7
  • Salvation Army 72.3
  • Other Christian 339.6
  • Islam 147.5
  • Buddhism 139.8
  • Judaism 74.3
  • Hinduism 43.6
  • Other religions 40.0
  • No religion 2,176.6
  • Not stated/inadequately described 1,762.1
Total 16,850.3

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Source: 1991 Censuses of Population and Housing.

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Most of the 70,509 people who wrote Jedi on their census forms were suspected to have done so in response to an e-mail encouraging all Star Wars fans to get it recognised as an official religion.
Anyone here receive this e-mail?


*resumes practice of the Jedi Mind Trick*
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But it's still not an official religion, dammit.
<a href="http://www.snopes.com/religion/jedi.htm" target="_blank">http://www.snopes.com/religion/jedi.htm</a>
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